Quotes About Persistence

You work really hard on something, and you know you can't always make great work. It just doesn't happen like that, I don't think, at least not for most people, anyways.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

Chasing greatness - it's what I'm about.

I want to be in the big show, and to be in the big show, you have to practice. I have this attitude now that I'm going to take all the greatness I can. Nothing's going to stop me.

I want to go out and chase greatness. That's all I want to do.

I always believed in myself, and even in the bad times, when I'd do bits of greatness here and there, it was those kinds of things that kept me alive and helped me to get to where I am now.

Greatness comes to those who wait.

I'm chasing greatness.

Once you've sat in a room annoying Derek Jacobi while he's trying to do his crossword, you're prepped for working with the greats.

The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?

I got 'The Grey' made because Liam Neeson wanted to make that movie.

There are no grey areas with commitment, you're either in or you are out; 95 per cent doesn't work. I didn't have that much talent as a kid, but I worked at it, all hours known to man.

There was very little opportunity to carry on in Formula 1. My goal was to get on to the starting grid and that didn't look achievable.

I had to go through a grilling process to meet Mr. Aditya Chopra. It took a lot of time and auditioning.

I love the grind. I think it makes you better in all facets of life.

The grind never ends.

Embrace the grind because it was once taken from me.

I've accentuated the look over the years. As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'

I've been acting for 30 years. It's a grind.

You're going to have to grind it out on some drives.

That's what the grind is, doing all the little things knowing that something may not come out of it. It probably won't. But the goal is to get a shot at it.

It's a tough grind sometimes. Playing 82 games and the travel, it can wear you down. It's definitely something you have to learn and adjust to. If you don't, you can play your way out of the league very quickly.